notes from the long run

Month: January 2012

I left my last blog, feeling a mixture of emotions. Having started the running week feeling lethargic and generally rubbish, my final midweek run had me feeling generally better about the improvements I was making with a fast-paced tempo run. Felt a bit ill on Friday afternoon, and parkrun seemed in doubt a little. But… Read More Bloggersphere, meet Eduardo

So I ended last week on a total high, everything was wonderful in the world, I was full of the joys of spring, brimming with joie de vivre. So much so I even took the time to write a brief ‘letters to the Editor’ of a national running mag, extoling the virtues of running, and… Read More Mind & Body – they’re bizarre entities

I know I am three weeks in to my marathon training plan, but sitting here now I feel I am into it proper now as my long run mileage ticks over into double figures, and my total miles this week goes over 25 (just). My running week started positively on Tuesday, everything feeling much easier… Read More More parkrun tourism

In 1982, having sold his jazz bar to devote himself to writing, Murakami began running to keep fit. A year later, he’d completed a solo course from Athens to Marathon, and now, after dozens of such races, he reflects upon the influence the sport has had on his life and on his writing. Equal parts… Read More What I Talk About When I Talk About Running

Struggling this evening to come up with much to chat about for this weeks running. On the whole it was all fairly non-eventful and I managed to get all 5 jantastic runs in without any early morning escapades or major drama. Despite the first run of the week being an ‘easy’ 45 minutes – in… Read More Physio & Tweetup

Today, I write having completed the first week of marathon training 2012. It’s also the first week of new years resolutions, and the week following the parkrun trifecta. The week started on pretty tired legs following Sundays escapades, an to stretch them out a little Lynds and I went for a little walk around Banstead… Read More Marathon Training, Week 1 – Done